Studying people living in non-private households: results of a large pilot study in the Netherlands (THESIS VERSION)

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Studying people living in non-private households: results of a large pilot study in the Netherlands (THESIS VERSION)

Feskens, R.C.W.

(2009) Verrijkingen

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Abstract

Residents of non-private households are currently excluded from most general
social surveys. Their inability to answer survey questions and difficulties in
approaching them are viewed as obstacles to survey this population. However,
excluding them can potentially bias survey estimates. These two claims are
investigated in this study. Firstly, we evaluate the opportunities to study ... read more residents
of elderly and nursing homes, two major groups belonging to the non-private
population. Secondly, we assess possible differences between the key characteristics
of these two groups and those of comparable residents of private households to
explore the potential bias of excluding them from survey research. To do so, a pilot
study is conducted at Statistics Netherlands. In this pilot study, 537 responses are
collected from residents of elderly and nursing homes. We find that with an
adjusted approaching strategy and questionnaire, conducting survey research
among residents of elderly and nursing homes is certainly feasible in terms of
response rates and data quality. An examination of the potential bias caused by
excluding non-private households from general nation-wide social surveys reveals
substantial differences between non-private and private households on almost all
key survey variables. show less

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